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Autore |
Lerer Seth <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Inventing English : a portable history of the language / / Seth Lerer ; cover design, Linda Secondari ; cover illustration, Martha Lewis |
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New York, [New York] : , : Columbia University Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[Revised and expanded edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - History |
English language - Etymology |
English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 |
English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 |
Linguistics |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- A Note on Texts and Letter Forms -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- INTRODUCTION: Finding English, Finding Us -- 1. Caedmon Learns to Sing -- 2. From Beowulf to Wulfstan -- 3. In This Year -- 4. From Kingdom to Realm -- 5. Lord of This Langage -- 6. I Is as Ille a Millere as Are Ye -- 7. The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English -- 8. Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose -- 9. I Do, I Will -- 10. A Universal Hubbub Wild -- 11. Visible Speech -- 12. A Harmless Drudge -- 13. Horrid, Hooting Stanzas -- 14. Antses in the Sugar -- 15. Hello, Dude -- 16. Ready for the Funk -- 17. Pioneers Through an Untrodden Forest -- 18. Listening to Private Ryan -- 19. He Speaks in Your Voice -- 20. Faith in English -- Epilogue: The Talk and the Text -- Appendix: English Sounds and Their Representation -- Glossary -- References and Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Seth Lerer tells a masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Many have written about the evolution |
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of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition features a new chapter on the influence of biblical translation and an epilogue on the relationship of English speech to writing. A unique blend of historical and personal narrative, Inventing English is the surprising tale of a language that is as dynamic as the people to whom it belongs. |
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